This is another case of doing what's right for you and your family. I see nothing wrong with a little nail polish and some glitter eye shadow, maybe even a little blush or lip gloss. I don't think this makes 5-year-olds look like whores! It's not like I've allowed foundation, a deep red lip, mascara, a thong and low-slung jeans, for crying out loud. It's a little makeup. Harmless. (Yes, I'm talking to those of you who cry toxic over nail polish. Show me the empirical evidence and we'll talk.) If you don't like it, or you feel it's not right for you, then don't do it. But don't criticize and equate my child to a whore just because I don't have an issue with allowing a few simple beauty products. What kind of an example are you setting? What are you teaching your child?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i take my 3 yr old for manicures! shocking!!!

and, if you care to do the research, there is almost No absorption of anything through the nails.

PP here who paints her son's toes. While I generally agree with this, I don't favor the toxic chemicals being used anyway - completely unnecessary addition and a contributor, however small, to pollution. Plus, my kid has her fingers in his mouth constantly so I'd worry if I were painting fingernails as opposed to toe-nails. Just food for thought!

ack! i meant pedicures! i actually do think its a bit much to have little kids with manicures - that to me looks a little adult and is an unnecessary distraction for school. toes i think are just pure fun.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's just a guess (since I don't know people who would put nail polish on their young toddlers) but I'll bet that most people who don't see anything wrong with it are not the kind to be buying non-toxic nail polish.

Wow! And I thought I was an elitist a-hole. You take the cake, honey!

Well then second me as an elitist a-hole because I think PP is right.

Okay, noted.

Anonymous wrote:i take my 3 yr old for manicures! shocking!!!

and, if you care to do the research, there is almost No absorption of anything through the nails.

PP here who paints her son's toes. While I generally agree with this, I don't favor the toxic chemicals being used anyway - completely unnecessary addition and a contributor, however small, to pollution. Plus, my kid has her fingers in his mouth constantly so I'd worry if I were painting fingernails as opposed to toe-nails. Just food for thought!

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Anonymous wrote:It's just a guess (since I don't know people who would put nail polish on their young toddlers) but I'll bet that most people who don't see anything wrong with it are not the kind to be buying non-toxic nail polish.

Wow! And I thought I was an elitist a-hole. You take the cake, honey!

Well then second me as an elitist a-hole because I think PP is right.

i take my 3 yr old for manicures! shocking!!!

and, if you care to do the research, there is almost No absorption of anything through the nails.

"WTF is wrong with you? Don't you let your toddler wear your clothes, your shoes? They LOVE playing dress up with our clothes. And we love watching them playing. What the hell is wrong with it? "


Playing dress up at home is a lot different than a pre-schooler leaving the house in clothes, make-up and nail polish more appropriately worn by an adult or teenager. Playing dress up at home is "pretend". WTF is wrong with me is that I have common sense. Apparently, you lack it.

Anonymous wrote:It's just a guess (since I don't know people who would put nail polish on their young toddlers) but I'll bet that most people who don't see anything wrong with it are not the kind to be buying non-toxic nail polish.

Wow! And I thought I was an elitist a-hole. You take the cake, honey!

I think moderation is key here. If you allow it but give a good perspective on it, fine. Painting your nails can be a fun activity that's about doing something pretty - it doesn't have to be about filling a stereotype or impressing boys. You can present it as something that can be done by either gender and in "girly" shades or not (think black nail polish).

My mom was not into girly things and was forced into it by her mother, so with me, she forced in the opposite direction although I really wanted to wear dresses and use makeup. It was hard on me. I think you have to listen to your child and not push too much either way.

Anonymous wrote:I didn't read the article. Just wanted to say I paint my three year old's nails sometimes. When *he* asks me to! Who cares? He sees me painting mine and thinks it is fun. I use non toxic polish on my nails (butter is the brand) and I put it on his nails, too. He informed me "not pink. that is for girls." LOL.

Ditto. My little guy thinks it is paint, and loves to paint.

FBO wrote:

Anonymous wrote:not to mention that fingernail polish has toxic chemicals in it that you are putting on your child.

Use Zoya polish; all non-toxic.

Problem solved.

ETA: Link http://www.zoya.com/?gclid=CJbonKbG2LACFQrf4Aodbi1b0w

No, dear, it's not non-toxic. And many DBP-free polishes contain other phthalates. You probably wouldn't absorb much of anything through your nails, but it's not "non-toxic".

My mom let my sisters and me get into the makeup once in a while as a part of dress up. This was in the 80s, and we were all kinds of crazy looking with marigold and cobalt and hot pink shadows. I love makeup, but otherwise am unharmed by these adventures in pigment.

I didn't read the article. Just wanted to say I paint my three year old's nails sometimes. When *he* asks me to! Who cares? He sees me painting mine and thinks it is fun. I use non toxic polish on my nails (butter is the brand) and I put it on his nails, too. He informed me "not pink. that is for girls." LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see an issue here. Nor do I see a problem with makeup. Not full-on face, but a little blush, sparkly eye shadow and lip gloss. I have been allowing this for DD, who is turning 5, for a long time now. She'll actually drag me to the makeup counter to apply some to her face! Big deal. She just thinks it's fun. Little girls have a long history of "wearing" their mother's makeup. At least this way I control the depth of the color, what she puts on and my makeup stays intact.

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You people have lost your minds. How is it accceptable to have a child pretending to be an adult? Why does a pre-schooler need to like like a hooker in training?
I can't believe no one here see a problem with this. (Except for the first person who put the symbol)

WTF is wrong with you? Don't you let your toddler wear your clothes, your shoes? They LOVE playing dress up with our clothes. And we love watching them playing. What the hell is wrong with it?

Anonymous wrote:This is nuts. Little kids have been playing dress up and pretending to be their parents and breaking into mom's make-up and dad's shaving cream for decades. Come on folks, it's not that big a deal. It's not like we're pimping our kids on Toddlers and Tiaras out here.

Pretending should be the key word here. My DD asked once for me to paint her nails when she was about 3. No. That's not a toddler activity. Instead, we pretended to paint her nails, just like she pretends to drive, pretends to cook, pretends to do a lot of things.

Who is trying so hard to make this Lollitots blog happen? Seriously, I've never heard of it, the design is atrocious and nearly unreadable, and yet it's cropped up twice in the past week here. Can whoever owns this blog please stop posting links to it on DCUM?!